ID camps
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I found this:
California women's soccer ID camps
California women's soccer ID Camps. The one and only online directory of all soccer ID camps at U.S. colleges.
www.collegeidcamps.net
Soccer Masters has camps in June. I know its not spring, but they are worth looking at. Thought they worth it to some extant.
Thanks. I had seen that as well. I’m wondering about camps with multiple schools in attendance. I thought I had seen some in past years, but I can’t find to seem the same ones this year.I found this:
California women's soccer ID camps
California women's soccer ID Camps. The one and only online directory of all soccer ID camps at U.S. colleges.www.collegeidcamps.net
With things like the college ID camps leading into Surf Cup, have other multi-school camps fallen away?
They're still around, put on by a combination of private businesses, coach groups at universities, and some clubs. They tend to be expensive and mostly advertise on instagram and the NCAA recruiting app (instead of here or on the soccer boards). They tend to vary in quality, it's hard to tell the scams from the good ones (SoCal Elite put on a pretty good one, weather not withstanding...all local schools and very professional), and not sure really how useful they are (most of the in person recruiting these days on the boys side takes place at Flex on the MLS Next side or the nationals on the ECNL side). There were a bunch during the high school/winter season...not so much anymore....there are some they are beginning to advertise for summer.
Check this out.
College Soccer Academy – College Soccer Academy
collegesocceracademy.com
EXACT Sports Home - Helping Athletes With Advanced Training
EXACT Sports helps athletes excel with advanced training, mental tools & recruiting insights, guiding them to achieve their sports goals.
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Soccer ID Camps | Get Recruited | Elite College Soccer Camps
At Elite College Soccer Camps, our ID Camps are the best place for athletes to train, meet coaches, and get valuable information about recruitment.
www.elitecollegesoccercamps.com
They do multiple schools.
Before going to one of these camps, ask your self these questions.
Is your kid interested in 2 or more of those schools. Have they been in contact with the schools? Do you have to spend extra money to travel to the camp or is it close and you are just paying for the camp.
During the camp. Figure out what level they are. IF your kid top 10% at these camps. If not, figure out what level they are. If your kid isn't in the top 10%, start looking at more D2, D3, and NAIA schools. Make sure they talk to every coach there, during the camp and after the camp. Then follow up with emails to those coaches.
Good luck
There's ALWAYS someone willing to take your money.
I'd also recommend checking specific individual schools website that you might be interested is. They typically do several ID camps per year and what's good about individual school sessions is usually less players, maybe 20 so your kid gets quality play time in front of the coaches. Some of the camps my kid did they actually did full game scrimmage against rostered players.
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Very good information, thank you!Check this out.
and thisCollege Soccer Academy – College Soccer Academy
EXACT Sports Home - Helping Athletes With Advanced Training
EXACT Sports helps athletes excel with advanced training, mental tools & recruiting insights, guiding them to achieve their sports goals.exactsports.com
Soccer ID Camps | Get Recruited | Elite College Soccer Camps
At Elite College Soccer Camps, our ID Camps are the best place for athletes to train, meet coaches, and get valuable information about recruitment.
They do multiple schools.
Before going to one of these camps, ask your self these questions.
Is your kid interested in 2 or more of those schools. Have they been in contact with the schools? Do you have to spend extra money to travel to the camp or is it close and you are just paying for the camp.
During the camp. Figure out what level they are. IF your kid top 10% at these camps. If not, figure out what level they are. If your kid isn't in the top 10%, start looking at more D2, D3, and NAIA schools. Make sure they talk to every coach there, during the camp and after the camp. Then follow up with emails to those coaches.
Good luck
Did you find a way to see how many kids would be there? I mean, if it literally provides a cap number that's awesome but I don't recall seeing that anywhere. What you describe is ideal. What we experienced was about 75 kids, 3-4 schools represented and no real way to truly observe them because they were competing against other campers of all levels.
We aged out but just chalked it up to investing money in the experience.
We've done a few of these general ID camps in SoCal now and I'm convinced that they're a waste of time and money. The level of the players is so low that the coaches aren't really expecting to find anyone and the few good players can't show their skills. I'd highly recommend putting together a list of the schools you're most interested in and going to their on-campus camps. The level is much higher and you get direct access to the coaches. That's the only way we've been able to make any traction.
I think attending the actual school ID Camps are a good way to get in front of the coaches when you're young. They can't talk to your kid as freshman, sophomore etc. but it's a good way for them to see you so that you can build on that as you play in showcases, etc. I had my kids attend camps as freshman and it was great!